Crime & Courts

MONROVIA — The courtroom at Liberia’s Civil Law Court became the center of intense legal attention Monday as a four-year-old battle between a Liberian newspaper…

In a major breakthrough in a corporate dispute spanning over a decade, the Special Commercial Court has held the Monrovia Oil Trading Corporation (MOTC) liable…

Monrovia – The arrest of Jerry Nyantee Wrotto, a young man accused of cyberbullying Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung Sr., and the Vice President’s subsequent…

HARPER, Maryland County — The Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland County has sentenced Lewis Saywon to four years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to…

The Special Commercial Court has ordered the Monrovia Oil Trading Corporation (MOTC) to account for US$3,244,100.78 withdrawn from the bank account of Ducor Pet…

When Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr. refers to a cybercrime as “merely” content, it raises a significant question: Can compassion take precedence over a…

MONROVIA — Liberia has entered a new and largely untested chapter in the battle over what citizens can say, create and circulate in the country’s rapidly expand…

A 202.5 kg shipment declared as botanical powder, coffee and candy — sent from Malaysia and cleared through Roberts International Airport customs — is now being…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A forensic examination conducted in Rwanda has placed DNA evidence at the center of the criminal trial involving former National Security Ag…

BRUSSELS / MONROVIA — Europe is tightening its response to the cocaine trade, and the implications for Liberia and other West African countries could be signifi…

MONROVIA — A county coordinator for the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) testified before Criminal Court ‘C’ on Tuesday that a 5,000-bag shipment of S…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Jurors at Criminal Court “A” in Monrovia have returned a unanimous not guilty verdict in favor of Ruth Davies, bringing an end to her trial…

MONROVIA — The Netherlands has quietly placed Liberia inside its growing regional effort to confront fugitive Dutch drug trafficker Jos “Bolle Jos” Leijdekkers,…

GBARNGA – Bong County Attorney Jonathan Flomo has reignited a long-standing debate over how Liberia’s justice system handles road fatalities, calling on the Lib…

The Kemayah Rice Distribution Committee, in conjunction with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), says it donated Saudi rice to the Lakpazee Communit…

MONROVIA – Whatever the jury in Criminal Court “C” ultimately decides about Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah’s guilt or innocence, the trial now in its 27th…

MONROVIA – The conviction of a 46 year old man for statutory rape in Monrovia has brought renewed attention to the vulnerability of children when alleged sexual…

HARPER, Maryland County — The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has arrested a Liberian woman at the Karloken checkpoint in Maryland County after she was a…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — West Africa’s cocaine crisis is increasingly revealing the region’s role in a sophisticated international drug economy linking Latin America…

MONROVIA – The much anticipated trial involving the Gbarpolu County Yellow Machines case failed to commence on Monday, September 14, 2026, after one of the part…

Monrovia-The conviction of a 46-year-old man for statutory rape involving a 12-year-old girl has brought renewed attention to the responsibility of adults who h…

INTERNATIONAL TIMBER INDUSTRY VILLAGE, River Cess County — When Eric Kollor learned that former government officials were finally on trial over thousands of bag…

The Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) has officially abolished tuition fees for primary students from Kindergarten through Grade 6 while imposing a str…

MONROVIA – Acting Justice Minister and Attorney General Betty Lamin-Blamo entered office with Liberia watching how prosecutors handle corruption, narcotics and…